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P. G. DAVISON.

POCKET PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

No. 317,319. PatentedMay 5, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

FRANK G. DAVISON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO LEWIS E.

WATERMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

POCKET PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION Eorming part of Letters Patent No. 317,319, dated May 5, 1885.

Application filed October 18, 1884. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK G. DAVISON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Pen and Pencil Holders, of which the following is a specification. a

The object of my invention is to provide a device which may be carried in the pocket for holding pens or pencils, so constructed that the articles which it is designed to hold may be easily inserted therein and withdrawn therefrom, and to securely hold such articles, although they may be of different sizes.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

The device consists of a metal plate, A, having its ends bent upward approximately, as shown, its cross-section being in somewhatthe shape of the letter U, having its sides converging.

The holder is made of such size as to conveniently fit into the pocket. The edges of the side portions are turned outward, as shown at a. A number of separate clips, jaws, or teeth, a a, &c., are formed by cutting the sides, the cuts on each side of the plate being made opposite each other, as shown. The cuts or divisions of the plate are extended downward a convenient distance approximately, as shown in the drawing, so that each pair of the separate clips form resilientclamps for the pens or pencils. It is evident that as each pair holds the pen or pencil that is thrust between them articles of several different sizes may be held, each independently, and therefore with equal security. As the upper ends of the clips are turned outward,

as shown at a, it is evident that when the 0 device is placed in the pocket the pens or pencils that are thrust therein readily enter between the two teeth or clips of some one pair, and are at once held thereby. It is evident, also, that on account of the turning 5 being pulled from the pocket when any of the pens or pencils are removed.

It is evident that the device will be applicable to the holding of other articles than pens and pencils, provided they are of such size and forin as to permit them to be insert ed between the jaws-or clips.

I claim as my invention- A device for holding pencils and pens, consisting of a resilient plate of approximately U-shaped cross-section having its sides converging slightly and divided into partly separated portions forming clips, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 15th day of October, A.

FRANK G. DAVISON.

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DANL. W. EDGEOOMB, CHARLES A. TERRY.

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